DALLAS, Texas – The American Southwest Conference today announced the 2024-25 ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Teams and Howard Payne University's Deaven Connelly was named to the team list for men's soccer.
 
An Honorable Mention All-Conference selection and Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year winner, Deaven Connelly started in 18 games for HPU, totaling a team-high 1,461 minutes. At defender, Connelly totaled four shots with one on goal. In addition to being named CSC Academic All-District, he received the Outstanding Student in Mathematics award at HPU this year.
 
Student-athletes were nominated by their institution as part of the Distinguished Scholar-Athlete team for each sport.